Improvement in lemon-squeezers



ofJ REYNOLDS. Lemon-Squeezer.

Patefited June 17, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE J. REYNOLDS, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LEMON-SQUEEZER S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 216,699, dated J line17, 1879; application filed April 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: Beit known that I, CLARENCE J. REYNOLDS,

of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Lemon'Squeezer, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a lemonsqueezer with morepower and greater facility of action than those now in use.

It consists of two cups, one inverted and having a convex bottom fixedto a handle with a slot through it for a lever, which connects with theunder concave cup, and has its fulcrum in the handle of the first cup,whereby a powerful pressure can be brought to bear upon the lemon heldbetween the two cups, and a thorough expression of the juice beobtained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same throughthe center of the fixed cup.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the fixed cup of the squeezerattached to a handle,

B, which has a curved portion, a, next to thecup, through which is madea slot, 0. The fixed cup has a convex bottom, 0, between which and thesides of the cup is an annular space, d. Projecting from the side of theupper cup opposite the attachment to the handle are jaws c.

C is the lower cup, concave in form, and

adapted to fit over the convex bottom 0, with its edges in the space d.From opposite sides of this cup project ears ff, the former pivotedbetween jaws 0, while the latter is pivoted to the end of lever D, thearm whereof is passed through the slot 1) in arm B. The bottom of cup Cis perforated, as shown, for the escape of juice.

Themannerofusingthesqueezeris asfollows: A lemon is placed in cup C, andthe lever is drawn through the slot until the lemon is held between thecup 0 and the convex bottom 0. y

The lever now bears upon the end 9 of the slot, which serves as afulcrum, and thelemon 1s squeezed between the two cups. The pow .crfulpressure thus exerted has the effect of CLARENCE JAMES REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

Gno. E. CRAM'ER, WM. T. REYNOLDS.

